Featured Resources

All Things Senior

Writing your memoirs at 60 - I have always thought I would like to write my memoirs when I got to 60 years old, but then I wonder who would actually be interested in reading it. Read more: Starts At Sixty - Category: Wellness

The 15 Best Pieces Of Grandparenting Advice From Celebrities - From Goldie Hawn to Prince Charles, these actors, politicians, and famous folks offer their best bits of wisdom for enjoying and appreciating family. Read more: Huffington Post - Category: Wellness

The first timer’s guide to cruises - As a ship’s captain told me last year “our largest repeat business are senior holidays”. Read more: Starts At Sixty - Category: Travel

Easing Into Your Retirement Role - Getting good at being retired is a process. Only a lucky few are able to flip the switch from work to retirement and smoothly make the transition. New members to this growing club rejoice in the freedom to do as they want and explore a new world without limitations foisted upon them by demanding careers. But the new lifestyle they are about to commence is just that: brand new. Never before has what happens during each day resided solely in their control. Read more: Retirement-Only the Beginning - Category: Retirement Concerns

More deaths than births: A look at Atlantic Canada's declining population - Coles Island School in New Brunswick has taught children for 58 years but this may be its last. Read more: CTV News - Category: Residences

3 Reliable Dividend Stocks for Every Retirement Portfolio - Whether you are retired now or if you’re a younger investor building a nest egg, an income higher than inflation growing at a rate faster than inflation will help you maintain your purchasing power. With the following reliable dividend companies, you can have both a safe and growing income. Read more: The Motley Fool - Category: Finance

The ups and downs of pension coverage in Canada - Changes in the economic landscape have led to significant movements in workers' pension coverage over the last century. The March edition of Canadian Megatrends examines the shifting patterns in how Canadians are funding their retirement years. Read more: Exchange Magazine - Category: Finance

Today’s aging boomers may be less healthy elders than expected, study says - New research refutes the common assumption that baby boomers are healthier than previous generations and will remain so into old age. Better education, higher income and lower smoking rates are offset by the negative impact of increasing body mass index and obesity-related health problems, according to a study in the current issue of the health policy journal Milbank Quarterly. Read more: The Lund Report - Category: Health

$41.6M grant for Mac-based aging study - A cross-Canada study led by a McMaster University professor has received a $41.6-million grant from the federal government to continue the most comprehensive look at aging ever undertaken in the country. Read more: The Spec - Category: Wellness

Millennials Grow Climate Change Solutions As Boomers Fall Behind - Two months after Metro Vancouver's ban on organic waste in landfills came into effect, many restaurants are still unsure how to meet it. Compost bins stink. They fill up with maggots and vermin. Disposal fees can be hefty. But a start-up called Urban Stream claims to have a solution. It rents composters with a bio filter for odours. They break down food scraps into nutrient-rich worm castings, which the company then sells to local farmers. "It's logical, simple and economic," said founder Nick Hermes. Read more: Huffington Post - Category: Wellness

Senioropolis.com is Canada Wide!

Building on our already popular Ontario annual publication the "Comprehensive Guide to Retirement Living®", our online directory includes a National database of resource information for Canadian seniors including retirement homes, nursing homes, seniors' apartment buildings and many in-home goods and services directed at seniors looking to downsize or stay in their own homes.

Try out "The Retirement Home Finder" to locate a home that can meet your specific needs or our Province-specific Resources for Seniors section to find out about a range of services available to seniors in your community. Our ever increasing Article Library offers a wealth of information on many topics related to resources, housing, financial information and a host of other topics.

Our new apps make finding a residence while you are 'on-the-go' as simple as a few clicks. With an easy link into Google Maps, get contact information and instant directions to assist you in navigating to a home of your choice.

With our significant and growing database of resources for seniors in addition to our database of over 2400 retirement residences, more than 1500 nursing homes and a growing number of senior apartment buildings in Canada, Senioropolis.com is the most comprehensive source of information about services and housing for seniors in Canada.